Greater Cincinnati Regional National Fallen Firefighters Golf

Jennie Key Northwest Press
jkey@enquirer.com

When you give 30 years to a community, they claim you as theirs.

Dale Woods already belonged to the Colerain Township community, though. He is one of theirs. He is a Colerain High School graduate. He played on the drumline. He raised his family here. He served as a firefighter here. And he serves as a police officer here. It's what he was doing Jan. 4, when he was hit by a pickup truck on Colerain Avenue directing traffic at a crash scene. He died Monday evening.

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation was created by the United States Congress to lead a nationwide effort to remember America's fallen firefighters. Since 1992, the nonprofit foundation has developed and expanded programs to honor fallen fire heroes and assist their families and coworkers.